doomscrolling

Definitions

noun

1

The practice of continually reading Internet news about catastrophic events.

Step 1 is to acknowledge the burden that doomscrolling creates for our health, Dr. Gazzaley said. “You have to realize you don’t want to live your life in a hamster wheel of complete news consumption,” he said.

I assured them that while doomscrolling was a difficult online pitfall, it wasn't one they needed to fall in to^([sic]).

2

Continuously and aimlessly consuming any content on social media, particularly sites that utilize a scrolling format, such as Instagram, TikTok, and Twitter.

Collocations

3

ADJ.

difficult

VERB + DOOMSCROLLING

avoid, burden

ADV.

completely

Thesaurus

Synonyms

Antonyms

Idioms & Phrases

Example Bank

4

01

Step 1 is to acknowledge the burden that doomscrolling creates for our health, Dr. Gazzaley said. “You have to realize you don’t want to live your life in a hamster wheel of complete news consumption,

Wiktionary

02

I assured them that while doomscrolling was a difficult online pitfall, it wasn't one they needed to fall in to^([sic]).

Wiktionary

03

It would be easy enough to say just stop doing it, but with everything happening in the world right now, it’s impossible to completely avoid doomscrolling.

Wiktionary

04

Mariska decided to take a break from social media in order to focus on her mental health and break her addiction to doomscrolling.

Tatoeba · #10259662

Usage Notes

i Register

In some senses, doomscrolling is marked as informal. Watch for register when choosing this word.